One of our Partnership’s 10 Big Ambitions is to reduce the gap in life expectancy for autistic and other neurodiverse people, people with learning disabilities and people with mental health conditions by 10% by 2024. Achieving this ambition will make life better for more than 200,000 people living in West Yorkshire.
We want everyone with a learning disability who lives in West Yorkshire to have the same opportunities as everyone else. We want people to live long and healthy lives and be treated with dignity and respect. We think it is important for people to have good relationships with others. We want everyone to have a place they call home in their community.
Our Learning Disabilities Challenge is the programme that will drive these aims.
We completed approximately 30% of Annual Health Checks for people with Learning Disabilities April to August 2022. The highest percentage in NHS North East and Yorkshire region. Annual Health Checks are part of our Learning Disabilities Challenge work transforming care and reducing inequalities.
Our Learning Disability Challenge webpages have been updated with an extensive range of resources supplied by partners across West Yorkshire. These have been uploaded in the categories Start Well, Live Well and Age Well, together with a page about working with people with Learning Disabilities.